I recently received an email from a lady called Liz in New Zealand, she was in Manchester over Christmas and bought one of my England-Upon-Sea mugs and she sent me a picture in it's new home, she said, "The other morning I was sitting in my favourite spot in the garden having a cup of coffee (in my most favourite of mugs!) and thought: oh I wonder if its creator would like to see a picture of it in its new home!"

Thank you Liz, happy tea drinking!

One of my teapots was featured in an article called "Hand Drawn Illustration: Inspiration" by Tori Murphy at WGSN, it's a massive honour as WGSN is big time and a lot of important people listen to what they have to say!

For those of you who don't know WGSN, it's a trend forecasting website, they cover every aspect of fashion and have a fantastic home-ware department as well. It's membership only so unfortunately you can't take a sneaky peek!

My first 5 colour print. Whoop!

When God Was A Rabbit is an excellent book, I've just finished reading it and completely loved it. It's left me with the feeling of loss that you get from a book that plays on you're mind when you're not reading and when you are, you can't put it down. There's nothing better than finding a book like that so I wanted to share my insight incase you're on the look out for a good read.

I've recently done a commission for Oxford University which of course is a huge honour, it's a small but lovely range and is sold online and at the university's high street shop.

I've recently got a little press coverage, one of which I totally forgot to mention at the time and one which is part of the recent commission i've done for Oxford University.

The first (bottom middle) is a poster which has sold well over the years and is a particular favourite of mine from my uni days in Nottingham. I've opted for the neon pink sky here because i love the colour. I try and use neon shades as much as possible in my work, they give everything a funky edge i think.

The 2nd (top right) is a heavy duty tote bag which is, as i mentioned, part of a range i was commissioned to do by Oxford University this summer. Oxford is both a pleasure and a chore to draw, it's so so beautiful that it's hard to capture but at the same time each building has so much personality that it sort of begs to be illustrated.

The Leeds Art Gallery shop and cafe is open and ready for business!!

Link to shop:

http://www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery/Leeds_Art_Gallery/Visitor_Information/Shop_and_Cafe.aspx

Link to Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leedsmuseumsandgalleries/sets/72157626907052892/

If you're in the Leeds area go and have a look then please tell me your thoughts in the comment box.